Android phones calling 999

[Quartz]

Police warn Android phone users over 999 call feature

Forces say update that lets button pushes trigger calls is bombarding operators with "silent" calls.

www.bbc.co.uk

The activation mechanism seems utterly stupid. You press the button twice to activate the camera, but I find that I often don't get it quite right. So I have to repeat. That puts me on 4 presses, 1 off the number required to dial 999. This is not good. In fact it's utterly stupid. And, of course, if the phone is in, say, a tight pocket, that button could be getting repeatedly bumped.

 

[uscool]

I did it by mistake once, I changed it so activates the touch instead now

 

[Rroff]

One of my colleagues had something like that happen a week or so ago - I was a bit confused how it happened at the time as none of my Android phones have that feature.

 

[Sirrel Squirrel]

Just tried on my S23 and it gave a 10 second countdown

 

[kona786]

Just tried it do. Pixel 6 pro has a 5 sec count down.

Never triggered it before, mine double press for cam works perfectly.

I find it hard to understand 5 presses accidentally in precise succession.